With only five days to go before the cover and blurb for Book 3 are officially announced, I thought I’d continue my introductions to the main characters in The Fish and Chip Shop Detectives novels.
Having already introduced to Maggie Tyson;let’s say hello to her sidekick: Ryan Stepney.
Let’s meet Ryan Stepney.
Ryan is 22 years old.
He has recently left Birmingham University with a degree in Sociology.
Despite his best efforts, he can’t get a job.
A Brummy born and bred, Ryan has lived in Birmingham his whole life, either with his parents or in university accommodation.
He has a very gentle Birmingham accent.
His parents make no pretence about their indifference to him – he was a late, unplanned, child, and he feels unwanted and a disappointment.
His university girlfriend, Bea, has invited Ryan to move to Mousehole, Cornwall, to live with her in a flat her parents bought her.
On arrival in Mousehole, Ryan discovers Bea has other plans – plans that, luckily – lead him to Maggie Tyson.
Ryan inherited a love of detective novels and TV shows from his much loved gran.
Usually dressed in black jeans, black T-shirt and a black hoodie, Ryan is just over 6ft, a slim, gangly young man who is uncomfortable in his own skin.
A bit of a geek, he’s shy and lacks confidence.
When he is offered a part-time job and bedsit accommodation at Robbin’s Fish and Chip Shop, Ryan jumps at the chance.
Finally, after meeting Maggie, he feels he has the chance to do something with his life that his parents might just be proud of – while making his own dreams come true.
Penzance
If you’d like to read Ryan and Maggie’s first adventures, which take you from Penzance to Mousehole, Falmouth to Land’s End, and everywhere in between, then both Fish and Chip Detective novels are available as paperbacks, audiobooks and ebooks. They can be read in order, or as standalone novels.
Book 3 will be announced on 30th June.
Happy reading everyone,
Jenny x
